Make sure you and your client are familiar with the legal, financial and tax obligations of a discretionary trust, and that the discretionary trust meets all regulatory requirements.

There are some costs involved in setting up a discretionary trust. These costs are included on the invoice for your MYOB billing profile, on generation of the trust establishment documents.

1. In MYOB Practice, click Corporate Admin in the top menu bar. The Client lodgements page displays.
2. Click Create an entity.

3. Click Prepare form next to Set up a new discretionary trust. The Step 1/6: Trust details page displays.

4. In Step 1/6: Trust details, enter the following information in the relevant fields:

   Field	Description
   Date of creation	This field defaults to today's date. To change the date, click the calendar icon and choose a new date.
   Proposed trust name	Enter the name of the trust.
   State of registration	Select the state or territory the trust will be registered in.
   MYOB client code (optional)	Enter a client code (optional). This comes in handy when you have clients with similar or identical names. You can search for a client by name or code in most lists. For example, if you have two clients named Mark Webber, you can assign them unique codes, such as MW1 and MW2 to distinguish them.
   Business address	Enter the business address for the trust.

5. Click Next step. Step 2/6: Settlor displays.
6. Enter an amount in the Settlement sum field. This is a nominal amount

7. Type the name of the settlor in the search field. As you type, a list of contacts appear.

8. Click the contact's name to add them as the settlor. If you need to create a new contact, click + Create new contact and fill in their details.

9. Click Next step. Step 3/6: Appointor displays.

10. Type the name of the appointor in the search field. As you type, a list of contacts appear.

11. Click the contact's name to add them as the appointor. If you need to create a new contact, click + Create new contact and fill in their details.

12. Click Next step. Step 4/6: Trustees displays.
13. Type the name of the trustee in the search field. As you type, a list of contacts appear.
14. Click the contact's name to add them as a trustee. If you need to create a new contact, click + Create new contact and fill in their details.
15. Click Next step. Step 5/6: Beneficiaries displays.
16. Click + Add beneficiary and type the name of the beneficiary in the field. As you type, a list of contacts appear.
    1. Click the contact's name to add them as a beneficiary. If you need to create a new contact, click + Create new contact and fill in their details.

17. Click Next step.

18. Check all information is correct and select I/We accept the above terms and conditions.

19. Click Create documents.